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[Doug Millison]

Follow the money...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/25/woil25.xml/

"Sheikh Yamani, the former head of Opec who terrorised
the West with threats over oil supplies in the 1970s,
returned to the fray yesterday when he warned that the
price of crude could triple to $100 a barrel if there
is a war against Iraq."


Whatever it will be and why, it will be a
cost-justified war.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$2NE44B2IQI0LFQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2002/09/17/wirq217.xml

Ousting Saddam 'would be good business'
By Toby Harnden in Washington
(Filed: 17/09/2002) 

Saddam Hussein's removal from power would be a great
boost for the global economy even though war in Iraq
could cost America up to £140 billion, the White House
has said.

Larry Lindsey, President George W Bush's economic
adviser, said increased oil production in a free Iraq
could drive down oil prices.

"When there is a regime change in Iraq, you could add
three million to five million barrels [per day] of
production to world supply," he said. "The successful
prosecution of the war would be good for the economy."

But Mr Lindsey said the bill for war could be up to
four times a previous estimate by the Pentagon of £35
billion. He did not provide a breakdown but the
Pentagon figure included the cost of transporting and
supplying troops and producing smart bombs. [...] "

The last Gulf war in 1991 cost £40 billion.






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